Neonatal respiratory distress syndrome in Switzerland: a comparison of a survey and official statistics (Publications)
A survey in all neonatal intensive care units in Switzerland showed that most children with a birth weight below 2000 g (identified in the birth statistics) are hospitalised in those units. Also compa
The transcription factor Rfx3 regulates {beta}-cell differentiation, function and glucokinase expression (Publications)
AbstractObjectives: Pancreatic islets of perinatal mice lacking the transcription factor Rfx3 exhibit a marked reduction in insulin-producing beta-cells. The objective of this work was to unravel the
Host specificity of <em>Haemonchus </em>spp. for domestic ruminants in the savanna in northern Ivory Coast (Publications)
Three Haemonchus species (Haemonchus contortus, Haemonchus placei and Haemonchus similis) live in sympatry in the savanna of North Cote d'Ivoire. Four domestic ruminant hosts (zebu-cattle, taurine-cat
Spatial effects of the social marketing of insecticide-treated nets on malaria morbidity (Publications)
Randomized controlled trials have shown that insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) have an impact on both malaria morbidity and mortality. Uniformly high coverage of ITNs characterized these trials and this
The use of classification and regression trees to predict the likelihood of seasonal influenza (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Individual signs and symptoms are of limited value for the diagnosis of influenza. OBJECTIVE: To develop a decision tree for the diagnosis of influenza based on a classification and regres